Despite lacking motivation for the format and even questioning the need to play it at all, Magnus Carlsen was still superior to the world's top players at Norway Chess.

Norway Chess 2025 winner Magnus Carlsen says, "I feel great. It is a relief to win the tournament. In the end, it was such a rollercoaster, but it is good." On D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, he says, "They are all very good,